When Sarah Goodall died, her funeral card read: Sarah A. Scates, wife of John Goodall. Born in Virginia August 1, 1825. Died in Marion, April 26, 1897. Aged seventy one Years, eight months, twenty five days. Funeral at the Christian Church, Tuesday, April Twenty-Seventh at One o’clock. Interment at New Cemetery (Old Rose Hill Cemetery).

Not many words for a woman who had traveled twice in ten years from Virginia to Williamson County, Illinois, both times as a new bride. Continue reading →